Piano-pedal.



No. 873,742 PATENTED DEO.,17, 1907. L. HAAS.

PIANO PEDAL.

APPLICATION FILED APR.17, 1907.

wi/bwwoes ii/OM06 Q. W4 v Lou/617mm "UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE- LOUIS HAAS, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

PIANO-PEDAL.

I Specification of Letters Fatent.

Patented Dec, 17, 1907.

Application filed April 17. 1907. Serial 110,363,635.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS HAAS, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city,

county, and State of New York, have in vented certain new and useful Improvements in Piano-Pedals, of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in piano. pedal construction.

Among the objects of the invention is to provide a simple, light, and yet strong and urable pedal construction.

In the accompanying'drawin s, Figure 1 is a side elevation. Fig. 2 is a ongitudinal section. Fig. 3 is a view of the under side of Fig. 1, the forward end of the shank portion being broken away' Fig. 4 is'a cross section on the lane of the line XX Fig. 1, looking in the irection of the arrow. Fig. 5 is a erspectiveview of a detail slightly modified.

1 is the shank, which is that portion of the pedal which projects into the plano case, and

s suitably mounted in any of the well known ways so that it may be tilted by the foot.

2 is the foot piece, the upper surface of which is of conventional form. The shank 1 and the foot piece 2 are formed independently and separately. The shank 1 is formed of channel iron, preferably of uniform, cross section throughout. The foot "(piece 2 is formed of any desired metal, an is preferably formed by a stamping or drawing process', so that its under side is hollowed out,

forming in effect a comparatively thin shell,

which,'because of its curved contour through, out, possesses very great rigidity and strength.

3+3 are inward extensions or cheek pieces I which lie in the same plane with the sides of the inner portion of the foot piece 2. These cheek pieces embrace the sides ofthe shank 1 and are suitably secured ,t,hcreto for example by rivets 4-4. '11s will be seen, the cheek pieces serve to. cover and protect and hide from view the shank where the pedal enters'thepiano case, the opening in, the pianocase'being directly behindthe vertical front wall of the foot piece. 5 is a plate of a suitable outline to substantially fill the space at the front end ofthe foot piece, so as to cover and protect the "venting the accumulation, of dust.

plate 5 may be secured to the shank l in any Fig. 2. This guard-plate 5 serves to prevent mice from getting into the case, as might otherwise occur. In the referable. form this plate 5 is bent around t e end of the shank 1 and has an upward extension 5", serving to fill out the upwardly projecting horn portion of the foot piece 2, thereby {3- esire manner, for example, by means of a rivet 6.

7 represents a portion of the piano case, and 7 the o ening therein through which the shank of t 1e pedal passes.

The foot iece 2 may be made of any suitable metal, ut referably a metal which will the ho lowed-out-portion of said foot-piece,

adjacent the connection between said footpiece and shank, said guard-plate substantially closing the hollowed-out space where said pedal enters the piano case.

2. In a. piano pedal, a shank member channeled on its under side, a separate foot piece recessed or hollowed out on its under side,

cheek pieces dprojecting inwardly from said foot piece an embracing the shank member at opposite sides, and a guard-plate trans versely located in the space at the inner end of the foot piece and extending substantially from the lower edge of the foot piece to the opening in the piano case, as best seen in shank to protect the opening in the piano case through which the shank asses.

3. In a piano pedal, a sha a foot piece hollowed out on its under side, said foot piece embracing the shank on opposite sides, means for securing together t e foot piece .and shank,member, and aguard-plate depending from the shank and protecting the secured thereto, and a guard-plate extending passage in the piano-case through which said above and below the shank and closing the 10 shank extends. inner end o he foot piece.

4. In a piano pedal, a shank, atseparate 5 foot piece hollowed out at its under side, por- LOUIS HAAS" tions of said fopt Piece extending above and Witnesses: below the plane 0 the shank, said foot piece R. C. MITCHELL,

embracing the shank on opposite sides and L. S. JAMES. 

